Garrha defessa

Garrha defessa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Garrha
Species:	G. defessa
Binomial name
	Garrha defessa; (Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
	Machimia defessaMeyrick, 1920;

Last updated February 14, 2022

Garrha defessa is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.^[2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, pinkish tinged. The stigmata is rather dark fuscous, the plical spot somewhat beyond the first discal and there is an angulated subterminal series of small groups of two or three rather dark fuscous scales from beneath the costa at two-thirds, rather near the costa and termen to above the tornus. The hindwings are whitish ochreous grey, faintly pinkish tinged.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Garrha defessa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 24 May 2018.
↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (28 August 2014). "Garrha defessa (Meyrick, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
↑ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (12): 376. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Garrha defessa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 24 May 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (28 August 2014). "Garrha defessa (Meyrick, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

[3] Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (12): 376. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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